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My Celine Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Stay home / stay at home

E..g: I want to stay home.

E.g.: I want to stay at home.

Are they acceptable and correct in terms of meaning and grammar?
  

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" This is the correct version. "I want to stay home" is used but, in my opinion, is not grammatically correct. "I wanna stay home".

— Eimai_Anglos

  • " This is the correct version.
  • "I want to stay home" is used but, in my opinion, is not grammatically correct.
  • "I wanna stay home".
  • Colloquial and frequently heard.
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"I want to stay at home." This is the correct version.

"I want to stay home" is used but, in my opinion, is not grammatically correct.

"I wanna stay home". Colloquial and frequently heard.
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Eimai_Anglos"I want to stay at home." This is the correct version.

"I want to stay home" is used but, in my opinion, is not gramatically correct. "I want to go home" is correct. Would you prefer "I want to go to home? I think this is just an example of our irrational use of prepositions, where we have few veritable rules, and
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"I want to stay home" doesn't sound incorrect to my ear, any more than "I want to go home" or "I want to stay here." I might also say "Are you home?" or "Will you be home at 3 o'clock?" (instead of "at home") without feeling that I has spoken incorrectly. I think "home" is just one of these odd words that doesn't require a preposition. ("Downtown" works the same way.)
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They sound natural to me too.
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